Eastern Classical Civilizations Vocab

The governor of a province in ancient Persia

• emperor

• philosopher

• satrap

• senator

the idea that a ruler must be just to keep the approval of the gods. Natural disasters, famines, etc. meant that they were losing this

• Mandate of Heaven

• The bill of Rights

• The ten commandments

• Manifest destiny

a roadside inn where travelers could rest and recover from the day's journey. Most notably used across the Royal Road

• lodge

• airbnb

• hotel

• caravanserai

One of the world's oldest continuously practiced religions, based on the teachings of a prophet who shares the same name as the religion

• Christianity

• Catholicism

• Zoroastrianism

• Buddhism

Founder of the first Persian empire, the Achaemenid

• Darius

• Julius Ceaser

• Cyrus the Great

• Alexander the Great

He was the third Persian King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 522 BCE until he died in 486 BCE

• Darius

• Demeter

• Cyrus

• Ashoka

beginning in Egypt in about 2400 BCE, a state-sponsored system that helps transport messages

• postal system

• irrigation

• domestication

• email

A system of philosophical and ethical teachings where people were meant to fulfill their social obligations

• Darwinism

• Daoism

• legalism

• Confucianism

Philosophical and spiritual tradition which emphasizes living in harmony with the Tao

• Darwinism

• Daoism

• Confucianism

• capitalism

The belief that people were not necessarily good and they needed a strong government

• Capitalism

• Legalism

• Zoroastrianism

• Confucianism